Son of rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs gets $54,000 football scholarship to UCLA

Justin Combs, the 18-year-old son of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, will attend UCLA on a $54,000 football scholarship. It is one of 285 athletic scholarships the university hands out every year.

AP PHOTO / JOEL RYANSinger Sean Combs arrives for the screening of 'Lawless' at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 19. Combs' son has received a $54,000 scholarship to UCLA.

But it comes at a time when student fees are rising and a year after the university had to use more than $2 million in student fees to cover an athletic department funding gap.